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and of course Cory Doctorow in an Information Week article: Columnist Cory Doctorow describes how Facebook and other social networks have built-in self-destructs: They make it easy for you to be found by the people you’re looking to avoid. It may not happen today, it may not happen tomorrow, but inevitably Facebook will experience a … Read more
by John Bell Rohit has invited a handful of folks to post on his blog while he manages his true key influencers – family (including the newest member!). It only seems fitting that each of us post on what we care about most. In my case, that’s word of mouth marketing. My team uses digital … Read more
By Mack Collier It’s happened to all of us. We’ll go a day without posting at our blog. Then before we know it the day has become two, then three. When we finally get a chance to post again, we leave that post that all of us have left. The ‘sorry about the lack of … Read more
Can Paixano Originally uploaded by Pete Kim. [Cross posting from Being Peter Kim] First off, thanks to Rohit for inviting me to guest post. I’ve enjoyed following this blog and meeting in person. Rohit provides a feed that’s in my "must-read" folder and hopefully I’ll provide you with some information that of a … Read more
With all of the attention on global warming and what each of us could do, there is an interesting paradox that you may not realize which is happening right under your nose at work. I was reminded of it again as I came across a Dilbert comic that sums up the issue in three short … Read more
Typical marketing advice says that you should never focus on marketing your category, but instead focus on what makes your service distinct from your competitors. Marketing an industry or type of service is usually a losing proposition because even if you convince someone they need something, you have not convinced them that they need to … Read more
I spent the day today at the Nielsen CGM Summit in NY listening to some panels and presentations from Nielsen and many of their clients about the future of measuring CGM. One thing I was looking forward to about this event in particular is that the percentage of brands vs. agencies in attendance would be … Read more
I am in Austin today participating in the eMarketing Summit as part of the Innotech Conference. I had the chance to do a lunch keynote presentation following Allen Olivo of Yahoo – focused on marketing in a Web2.0 world. The presentation had a great crowd of engaged people and most (surprisingly) managed to stay awake … Read more
Many of you may have already caught this yesterday, but this blog was cited in the Recommended Reading section of the Wall Street Journal yesterday in an article by Keith Huang. As Jay Berkowitz from Ten Golden Rules shares on his team blog, my blog was one of 60 resources that they recommended to the … Read more
One of the questions I have gotten from more than a few readers is how to get into speaking at events and conferences. It is surprisingly more easy than it may seem, but the real challenge is breaking into your first conference speaking chance. Perhaps you work for a small company, or you are still … Read more
Non-Obvious Thinking is my upcoming book about the 4 secrets of becoming a non-obvious thinker - coming 10/01!
Rohit Bhargava is a trend curator, founder of the Non-Obvious Company and the 3-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author of ten books.
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In addition to Non-Obvious Thinking, Rohit is the author of 10 books on trends, the future of business, building a more human brand with storytelling and how to create a more diverse and inclusive world.
